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I'll get today's transfer roundup started by getting your obligatory Berbatov tidbit out of the way
first. Juande Ramos has slapped a 31 million GBP price tag on his prized asset. So, if you want to
get him, you'll have to pay an arm and a leg to get him, or, if you're [...]
It's been a busy month with far more speculation than actual moves, but with only a few days left
in the January transfer window, you can expect to see a lot of movin', shakin', and possibly
shankin' in the next few days. This one is old news, but Milan Baros is back in the [...]
I'm back, and ready to disappoint a lot of people again. If you dislike Tottenham and Portsmouth,
you can selectively scroll around for the non-Tottenham and Portsmouth bits, because I may as well
warn you - there are quite a few today. I will be starting with something related to neither, but,
as [.
In case you've missed anything over the last two days, here we go with the important stuff. Robbie
Savage has completed his 1.5 million GBP move from Blackburn to Derby, but it's certainly not
without silence. But, instead of a comment towards his former club, Savage's words were for
Sunderland, who lost out [.
Now that Derby County has been taken over by Americans, U.S. investors now own four of the 20
Premier League clubs. The others are Liverpool, Manchester United and Aston Villa. In all, 50% of
Premier League clubs are owned by foreign investors. The question is, which clubs are next? <a
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The first swig of a two-part heady brew of midweek transfer rumours... Everton and Portsmouth are
both after Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell after the ginger maestro turned down a loan move to
Sunderland. (The Sun) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is close to bagging Arsenal midfielder Lassana
Diarra, luring him in with promises of first team football.
The hype couldn't stay down for long - after the Bolton anti-climax (Newcastle either didn't have
the players, enough motivation or they just weren't tall enough) the speculation and hyperbole
starts again as King Kev looks to potential signings with just 10 days to go in the January 08
transfer window.
Blackburn Rovers are hoping for a UEFA Cup position in the English Premier League this season and
manager Mark Hughes is busy strengthening his forces. According to the latest Sky Sports reports,
Blackburn are set to sign the Norwegian teenager Anders Karlsen. The midfielder plays for Bodo
Glimt in his native Norway (ever heard of it?
After the World's Top Goalscorer of 2007, the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History &
Statistics) has done the impossible: make yet another controversial ranking, and make some more
thousand-something fans pissed off about it. This time, it's the All-Time Club Rankings. So where's
the catch?
The second swig from Caught Offside's potent daily transfer pint... Chelsea's powerhouse Ivorian
striker Didier Drogba has admitted that he would love to team up with Samuel Eto'o at Barcelona
next season. (Various) Fulham gaffer Roy Hodgson wants to snap up Teemu Tainio after Spurs boss
Juande Ramos told the Finnish midfielder that he was finished as [.
While most of this weekend's attention will be focused on the magic of the English FA Cup, we do
have a live commentary and radio broadcast soccer match in the English Premier League between two
in form teams Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Aston Villa has done well recently, slowly climbing
up the English Premier League table without much attention until last week when they forced a draw
with Liverpool and in the process made the home team look second rate and pushing Liverpool more
into a crisis.
The second slice of steaming transfer scheming... Despite Manchester United's firm denial that they
will be bringing anyone in over the January transfer window, they are being linked with a swoop for
Hertha Berlin's left-back Gilberto who could be used as back-up for Patrice Evra. (Daily Mail)
Bolton gaffer Gary Megson will bring in AZ [.
Bill Turianski has done a wonderful job in profiling all 20 clubs in the Premier League for this
season (2007/08).The history of each club is told with player photos, and links to important match
highlights like Cup Finals and YouTube tributes.
Also, a chart is made for each club which shows all pertinent info, like club honors; seasons
spent in the top flight, 12-year league form, 12-year attendence figures; home & away kits for the
last 3 season; and a kit form each of the last 5 decades.
Now this is one hot transfer speculation that you wouldn't like to miss and the best part of the
tale is that this could well be true. Remember Djibril Cisse, the French striker who failed to
settle at Liverpool even after sticking to the Merseyside club for two years? Well, he is reported
to be [...
A host of January transfer high jinks... Everton's David Moyes has finally had enough of Alex
McLeish's farting around with miniscule £2.5m bids and has told the Birmingham City manager that
James McFadden will not be leaving for anything less than £5m. (The Express) Arsenal boss Arsene
Wenger is trailing Marseille's £5million-rated Ghanaian whizz-kid Andre Ayew.
No one is ready to have the Newcastle albatross wound round his neck. Portsmouth manager Harry
Redknapp has already confirmed his firm disinclination to take charge of the club that has a
history of sacking mangers as if that were like firing bullets in a battlefield and now Mark Hughes
too appears to have coyly [.
Hailed by all and sundry as one of the best buys in the history of football (ok, that is possibly a
tad over the top), Blackburn Rovers defender was actually considering leaving the UK because of
homesickness and a primal fear of rotten Lancastrian weather. Thankfully, faced with cowering in
fear and loneliness under [.
FA Cup 3rd Round Preview (07/08), with Gerry McDonnell - Let's all do the Bart Man Ignorance is not
necessarily bliss. I've recently discovered that binge drinking can lead to long-term health
problems, such as crabs and Chlamydia. The arrival of a new year offers me the opportunity to
reflect upon my previous [.
Sportsnetwork reports that Blackburn defender Zurab Khizanishvili has signed a new three-year
contract with the English Premier League and will stay at Ewood Park until 2011. The captain of the
Georgian national team arrived at Ewood Park in the summer of 2006 and although he has featured in
just 5 matches for Blackurn so far this [.
Derby County have agreed a fee with Blackburn Rovers for Robbie Savage. The
Welshman, no longer assured of first-team football at Ewood, is a good signing for Derby, but he
won't save them from the drop. He is due to have talks with Derby to agree personal terms later
today.
As nominated by Pies stalwart Cole - mate, the resemblence is striking; Cheetara could be Robbie's
twin sister. Any more Thundercats who look like footballers? If there's a Snarf double out there,
I'd love to know who it is....
One English Premier League manager is staying put on his job and that is the Blackburn Rovers
manager Brian Hughes. He has told Sky Sports that he is in no mood to trade his managerial job at
Ewood Park for a similar one Newcastle United. Since the departure of Sam Allardyce from St. James'
Park this [.
Sky Sports reports that Blackburn Rovers have firmly denied that they have made any bid whatsoever
for the Wigan Athletic midfield Jason Koumas. There had been a series of press speculation in
England that Blackburn manager Mark Hughes, a self-admitted admirer of the Welsh international, was
keen on signing the player with whom he had [.
Make no mistake about it, during this live commentary and radio telecast live play by play, there
would be much mention of Bolton's ex-manager Sam Allardyce who left the club amidst a cloud of
problems and who said Bolton could not go any further. While results after that would provide
weight to his words, the soccer club would definitely be gloating that their ex-manager could not
bring his career any furhter as well, after being sacked this week by Newcastle.
After this weekend's games, Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa, and Manchester City (in that order)
are all tied with 39 points and Blackburn is within reach at 36. Portsmouth are hanging on right
now with 34 points but face a difficult month or so ahead as they've lost some key players to
international duty in the African Cup of Nations.
The Independent today reports that after rebounding back from Harry Redknapp's rejection of theiir
offer, the Newcastle bigwigs will try and woo Mark Hughes. And in classic journo fashion, the
Independent reckons that Mark Hughes' declarations of happiness at Blackburn actually mask a
burning desire to slip into the St James' hotseat.
Now nobody doubts that this live commentary and play by play match between the two English Premier
League (EPL) teams Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough will see a drab affair that features both
teams struggling. One who has struggled recently although they did manage a win over Bolton in
their last outing, and the other one a perennial struggle unless they meet one of the Big Four.
Blackburn Rovers are about to sign Bulgarian striker Valeri Domovchiyski from Levski Sofia this
week after the player impressed at a trail. Sky Sports has it that Mark Hughes is quite impressed
with the striker and is ready to hand him a loan spell at Ewood Park that will last until the end
of the [.
Now Blackburn Rovers defender Andre Ooijer has more than a funny name; he has an admirer in Louis
van Gaal. Tribal Football reports that the AZ Alkmaar manager did indeed approach his Dutch
compatriot earlier this month but was turned down by the player. The former FC Barcelona coach is
quoted as saying: He is a Dutch [.
